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    Peter Landschoot from Penn State University will give a seminar on nutrient management in the urban environment and issues related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The seminar will discuss how nutrients and sediment from various sources such as farms, wastewater facilities, and developed areas are deposited into the Chesapeake Bay, harming water quality and habitat. In 2010 the EPA launched a program to reduce pollution in the watershed by 2025 by placing limits on pollutants and requiring reduction plans from states, impacting various sectors. States have begun restrictions on fertilizers and development practices to help meet nutrient goals.

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    Peter Landschoot from Penn State University will give a seminar on nutrient management in the urban environment and issues related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The seminar will discuss how nutrients and sediment from various sources such as farms, wastewater facilities, and developed areas are deposited into the Chesapeake Bay, harming water quality and habitat. In 2010 the EPA launched a program to reduce pollution in the watershed by 2025 by placing limits on pollutants and requiring reduction plans from states, impacting various sectors. States have begun restrictions on fertilizers and development practices to help meet nutrient goals.

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    Peter Landschoot from Penn State University will give a seminar on nutrient management in the urban environment and issues related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The seminar will discuss how nutrients and sediment from various sources such as farms, wastewater facilities, and developed areas are deposited into the Chesapeake Bay, harming water quality and habitat. In 2010 the EPA launched a program to reduce pollution in the watershed by 2025 by placing limits on pollutants and requiring reduction plans from states, impacting various sectors. States have begun restrictions on fertilizers and development practices to help meet nutrient goals.

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    Peter Landschoot from Penn State University will give a seminar on nutrient management in the urban environment and issues related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The seminar will discuss how nutrients and sediment from various sources such as farms, wastewater facilities, and developed areas are deposited into the Chesapeake Bay, harming water quality and habitat. In 2010 the EPA launched a program to reduce pollution in the watershed by 2025 by placing limits on pollutants and requiring reduction plans from states, impacting various sectors. States have begun restrictions on fertilizers and development practices to help meet nutrient goals.

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    SEMINAR

    Peter Landschoot
    Penn State University

    Nutrient management in the Urban


    Environment: Issues for the Chesapeake Bay
    Watershed
    The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, providing critical
    habitat for thousands of species of fish, birds, and mammals. As streams and rivers
    meander through the mountains and valleys of the enormous 64,000 square mile
    Chesapeake Bay watershed, they pick up nutrients and sediment from farms,
    wastewater treatment facilities, forests, and developed areas. The rivers eventually
    flow into the northern portion of the Bay, where they deposit nutrients and
    sediment-enriched water, resulting in oxygen depletion and habitat destruction. In
    2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the Chesapeake
    Bay TMDL Program, which places limits on pollutants and imposes schedules for
    pollution reduction plans for the 6 watershed states. This program impacts farm
    operations, waste-water treatment facilities and urban/suburban land use. To
    provide reasonable assurance that EPAs TMDL nutrient allocations will be met by
    2025, the watershed states have begun to impose restrictions on turfgrass fertilizers
    and blackout dates for fertilizer applications. States have also initiated nutrient
    certification programs for fertilizer applicators. Some state and local governments
    are demanding changes in the way urban land is developed and managed. Future
    development in urban areas within the Chesapeake Bay watershed is likely to
    include smaller lawns, less area as impervious surfaces, rain gardens, buffer strips,
    and diverse plantings.

    September 24, 3:30 pm HORT 117


    Reception at 3:10 pm HORT 117
    If you are interested in meeting with the speaker, please contact Jennifer Deiser at 41301 or
    [email protected]

    Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

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